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WED2016 : Tax justice for climate justice

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06/06/2016

The Global Alliance for Tax Justice joins the world in celebrating World Environment Day, reaffirming the key role tax justice could play in funding climate justice !

Six months after COP21, there are still $30 trillion to be collected from tax-havens which could be invested in green energy. Here are some resources exploring the link between those two crucial challenges of our times :

Tax justice for climate justice (GATJ) : Tax justice and climate justice are connected issues. The multinational corporations which exploit and pollute our environment through the extraction of natural resources are often the same companies which practice widespread tax avoidance.